The said resolution was read: when Mr. Vinton moved that it be laid upon the table. And the question being put, It appeared that a quorum of members did not vote thereon. Mr. Barringer moved, at fifty-five minutes past 3 o'clock, p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, SYeas, Nays, 50 64 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Stanton moved that there be a call of the House, which motion was disagreed to; but no quorum voted. Mr. Ashmun moved, at fifty-five minutes past 3 o'clock, p. m., that the House adjourn. And the question being put, SYeas, It was decided in the affirmative, Nays, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are And so the House adjourned until to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, a. m. SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1846. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution offered by Mr. Boyd yesterday, and pending when the House adjourned. The question being on the motion of Mr. Vinton, that the said resolution be laid upon the table. Mr. Boyd modified his said resolution by striking out the words "half an hour," and inserting, in lieu thereof, "two hours." And the question was then put, Shall the said resolution be laid upon the table? And decided in the negative. The question recurred on agreeing to the said resolution as modified. And being put, It was decided in the affirmative, Nays, Yeas, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Steph H. Anderson 611) Mr. Samuel Gordon Mr. Barclay Martin Frederick P. Stanton George Sykes William P. Thomasson John W. Tibbatts David Wilmot Mr. James Pollock Robert C. Schenck Bannon G. Thibodeaux Hugh White Robert C. Winthrop William W. Woodworth Bryan R. Young. The following petitions, memorials, and other papers, were laid on the Clerk's table, under the 24th rule of the House, to wit: By Mr. McIlvaine: A memorial of citizens of Chester county, and State of Pennsylvania, praying for the amendment of the constitution so as to restrain the general government from requiring any portion of the people of the United States to interfere for the support of slavery in any of the States; Also, a memorial of citizens of the same county and State, praying for the repeal of all laws which authorize or protect slavery or the slave trade in the District of Columbia or any of the Territories of the United States. Ordered, That said memorials be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, a memorial of citizens of Chester county, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia: which was referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. By Mr. Stewart: A memorial of citizens of Sandwich, in the State of New Hampshire, remonstrating against any alteration in the present tariff which shall in any way injure the laboring classes: which was referred to the Committee on Manufactures. By Mr. Brockenbrough: The petition of Sarah P. Anderson-heretofore presented December 18, 1837. By Mr. Henley: A petition of Joseph Davis, of Clark county, and State of Indiana, praying to be reimbursed for certain expenses incurred by him in capturing deserters from the army of the United States, during the Black Hawk war in 1832. Ordered, That said petitions be referred to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Harmanson: A petition of the widow and heirs of Francois Gremillion, deceased, praying confirmation of a certain tract of land in the State of Louisiana: which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. By Mr. Pendleton: A memorial of Henry Catlin, senior partner of the late firm of Catlin, Peoples, and Company, formerly of Chambers county, Alabama, praying to be indemnified for property destroyed by the Creek Indians in the year 1836: which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. On motion of Mr. Daniel, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on private bills; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Cobb reported that the committee had had under consideration the calendar of private bills, and, finding itself without a quorum, had risen. And then, on motion of Mr. Leake, the House, at five minutes past 2 o'clock, p. m., adjourned until Monday next, at 11 o'clock, a. m. MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1846. This being a day set apart by the rules of the House for the calling the States for the presentation of petitions, A motion was made by Mr. Brodhead, that the rules be suspended for the purpose of calling the committees for reports. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, (two-thirds voting in favor thereof.) Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee of Elections, moved that that committee be discharged from the consideration of the petition of citizens of Dover, in the State of New Hampshire, relative to the right of the Representatives from said State in the twenty-ninth Congress to their seats as such representatives. Mr. Culver moved that the said Committee of Elections be instructed to inquire and report whether the persons named in the said petition as holding seats in this House were elected in conformity to the constitution of the United States and the law of Congress; and, if not, then to report a resolution declaring their seats vacant. And, after debate, Mr. Brinkerhoff moved that the whole subject be laid upon the table. And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, SYeas, Nays, 94 55 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Stephen Adams Jacob Brinkerhoff James J. Faran Henry D. Foster Mr. Charles Goodyear Samuel Gordon So the whole subject was laid upon the table. Mr. Isaac E. Morse Mace Moulton David A. Starkweather Mr. Daniel, from the Committee of Claims, made a report upon the petition of the legal representatives of General James C. Watson, of Georgia, |